報告題目：Radical Enzymes in Cofactor Biosynthesis

報  告 人🗼：Professor Tadhg Begley

Department of Chemistry，Texas A & M University

報告時間： 4月14日(星期四)下午13:30

報告地點：閔行校區生物藥學樓2-116會議室

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報告人簡介：

Professor Tadhg Begley received his B.Sc. from National University of Ireland in 1977 and his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (P. Dervan) in 1982. He carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of Geneva (W. Oppolzer) and at MIT (C. Walsh) before joining the Cornell Faculty in 1986. In June 2009, he joined Texas A&M University, chemistry Department as the Barton Professor of Chemistry.

Professor Begley’s research is focused on the mechanistic enzymology of complex organic transformations, particularly those found on the vitamin biosynthetic pathways. His research group uses the principles and techniques of organic chemistry to study complex organic transformations found in vitamin biosynthetic pathways. Begley group is currently working on the biosynthesis of NAD, menaquinone, molybdopterin, thiamin, and pyridoxal phosphate.

Professor Begley has helped organize several major conferences and is the co-organizer (with John Schwab) of the NIH sponsored Young faculty mentoring workshop. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Merck Faculty Development Award and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. He is also the editor of “Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology” , and is a member of the editorial boards for “Molecular Biosystems”, “Vitamins and Hormones”, “Bioorganic Chemistry”, “Chemical Biology and Drug Design”, and "Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry".